Improvement in polishing-machines



W H. G-OODCHILD.

I POLISHING MACHINE. No.184;,952. Patented Dec. 5, 1876.

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QMMA HE GRAPHIC (XI-MY WILLIAM H. GOODOH-IL'D, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN PbLISHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No- 184.962, dated December5, 1876; application filed March 29, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. G001)- CHILD, of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inKnife and Fork Cleaners, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide convenient means for thecleaning of silver and steel knives, forks, and spoons. I employ twoboxes, each being so arranged as to entirely separate the differentgrades of cleaning or polishing material used therein from that used inthe other, to prevent any scratching of the face of the silverware; eachbox also having two sections or boxes therein, for holding the saidcleaning material in a wet and dry state separately; and each havingrubbing-surfaces convenient to the cleaning material, upon which thearticles to be cleaned can be laid to be operated upon. 1 also providean improved hand rubber or polish'er, the rubbing-faces of which projectover the body thereof, the whole arrangement being adapted to secureconvenience, compactness, and comely appearance.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the boxes Aand B. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line y 3 Fig. 3. Fig. 3is a cross'section on the line a; m, Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are side andtop views of rubber D.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The cleaner-box B is arranged for the cleaning .of silverware. Its boardbottom a, of suitable thickness, extends quite its full length andwidth. The front portion a of thesame is the surface upon which thecleaning is performed. Back of a are the boxes I) and 0. Box 12 is areceptacle for the dry polishing material, and box 0, which I prefer tomake of less depth than I), as shown, is soldered water-tight, and isintended to receive so much of the dry material from b as it is desiredto wet or moistem The stock of material in b can thus be always kept dryfor a finish polish.

Back of b and c is a box, g, extending the full width of B, which isintended to hold chamoisleather, generally used for wiping silverware.The rectangular frame h extends at its back and each side, to the bottomof the board a, and is strongly nailed thereto, as shown at h h. Thestiffness of h keeps the back portion of the board a from warping, whichsame efl'ect is secured for its front portion a by the crosscleat 1. Onthe back of h are formed portions of the hinge m, which unites the cover'n to the body of the box. I form a recess in the top of the cover a byraising the projections 0 from each side thereof about the height of thehinge m. I form said recess for the purpose of holding and steadying boxAupon box B when they are not in use, thus securing compactness whenlaid away in the closet. The hin ge m is partially formed upon the covera, The above description of lower box B will, on reference to thedrawings, suffice to explain the construction and purpose of box A, whenI add, that in A the box 9 is omitted, and the cover a is hingeddirectly to the back of frame h, which forms the back of the receptaclesb and 0, and is nailed to board a as is the frame h in box B. The board0?, with rubbing-face a and the receptacles b and e on box A, arecounterparts, in general construction, of the board a, rubbing-face aand receptacles b and c in box B. I bevel the fronts of the covers ofboth, to avoid angular corners and give them a comely appearance. Myimproved hand-rubber D is shown in Figs. 4 and 5. For the silver-cleanerB, in which whiting or other fine abradant is used in the boxes 0 and b,I prefer the two faces d, one

a for wet rubbing and the other for dry polishing, to be made of felt;and for the steelcleaner A, in which harsher cleaning material is used,any suitable leather facings may be employed. The center or body of therubber D is of wood, to which the faces 61 may be secured by water-proofglue or other proper means. The projecting edges'd of the faces d mayextend from the sides of the wooden center of the block; but I prefer toproject them from the ends thereof, as shown, for convenience in usingthe rubber. The purpose of said projections d is to allow the thoroughcleaning of the sides of the tines of forks, by rubbing them between andagainst said tines.

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Ihe boxes A and B having their separatedivisions, operating-surfaces,covers, and rubbers I), the coarser polishing material in box A cannotmix with the finer material in box B, and scratch the face of silverwareby being rubbed thereon. Ample room is provided beneath the closedcovers of A and B to hold the rubbers D on the rubbing-surfaces of theboards a and a Should it be desirable to fasten thecovers of A and Battheir fronts, any suitable spring-catch may be employed.

Havingthus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The knife and fork cleaning box A, with its receptacles b c,rubbing-surface a and

